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Peter Cetera, former front man, lead singer and the "Voice of Chicago," treated a crowd of 1,200 fans to a great concert at Hyatt Regency Newport Beach amphitheater. After leaving Chicago in 1985, Cetera tore-off the rear-view mirror and never looked back. His career skyrocketed to the next dimension when he went solo. The charismatic stage performer and Grammy Award-winner sang all of his big hits with his distinctive and unmistakable golden tenor voice. He also is famous for not only being...
The popular Beatles tribute group “4 Lads from Liverpool” will close Culver City’s annual Boulevard Music Summer Festival Thursday, Aug. 16, in the Courtyard of City Hall. The concert begins at 7 p.m. Admission is free. The 4 Lads are considered among the best Beatles tribute bands in the nation. Its typical songs range from the days that the Beatles got started in the late 1950s to the day when they broke-up in 1970....
The Carl Verheyen Band, featuring renowned guitarist John Jorgenson, will play their unique blend of country, blues and rock music in the latest installment of Culver City’s Boulevard Music Festival on the City Hall courtyard July 19. The free concert will begin at 7 p.m. Verheyen is perhaps best known for his work as a guitarist in the rock group Supertramp. He is also an adjunct professor of studio jazz guitar at USC’s Thornton School of Music. John Jorgenson is a skilled guitarist and pianist. He has performed with artists ranging from Wil...
The brilliant, rhythmic sounds of Brazil will fill the air at Culver City Hall on Thursday, July 12, when Culver's Boulevard Music Summer Festival begins at 7 p.m. on the palm-lined Dale Jones Courtyard, 9770 Culver Blvd. Admission is free. Katia Moraes and Brazilian Hearts will bring samba and other South American musical delicacies to City Hall. Moraes has played with several top-selling artists, including Sergio Mendes and Rita Lee. Also appearing will be the popular group Conganas, a Latin...
Two Classic Rock bands "keep pushin'" on. REO Speedwagon and Chicago teamed up for a concert tour and landed at the Fabulous Forum on Friday to the delight of all their adoring fans. Nobody can call these guys fossil rockers…they sounded as good as they did when the two bands started making hits back in the '70's. REO got the party started with frontman Kevin Cronin belting out the first song of the set "Don't Let Him Go," and ending with a tribute to the late, great Tom Petty singing "Listen to...
Summer breezes… an intimate courtyard… free parking… and great music. Escape to Culver City for the 2018 Culver City’s Boulevard Music Summer Festival. Boulevard Music presents 6 free concerts on Thursday evenings at 7 pm from July 12 through August 16 in the palm-lined Dale Jones Courtyard of Culver City City Hall. Curated by producer Gary Mandell of Culver City’s Boulevard Music, Culver City’s Boulevard Music Summer Festival offers something for everyone: The sounds of Choro with great vocals from Kátia Moraes and Brazilian Hearts plus...
Airy, soothing music will enchant you at the Culver City Symphony's finale concert this Saturday. Music by Brahms, Mahler, Ralph Vaughn Williams, Karl Jenkins will feature our string orchestra and two harps! Reception after the concert. Admission: $15 (members and ages 6-17); $25 general admission. Saturday, June 9, 7:30 p.m.; Kirk Douglas Theatre, 9820 Washington Blvd. Free parking at City Hall, bring ticket to concert for validation. Pre-concert dinner discounts at local restaurants:...
The Verdi Chorus celebrates its 35th anniversary season with their Spring 2018 concerts entitled “The Force of Destiny” at the acoustically-sound First United Methodist Church in Santa Monica on April 28 and 29. A jewel of the opera scene, they are the only choral group in Southern California that focuses primarily on the dramatic and diverse music for opera chorus. Their Founding Artistic Director/Conductor Anne Marie Ketchum and Julliard-trained piano accompanist Laraine Ann Madden have fas...
Two concerts that you don't want to miss are landing at The Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills. Fab Four This Friday April 27, The Fab Four, will take the stage. If you close your eyes and listen to The Fab Four sing a Beatles song, you will think that the boys from Liverpool had transported themselves back from the '60's. That's how accurate and authentic their sound is – arguably the world's best Beatles tribute band. They will even bring along their own "Ed Sullivan" to introduce and interact w...
In Santa Monica, there's a school called Elemental Music created by a Santa Monica-Malibu School District (SMMUSD) music teacher about fourteen years ago to train, inspire and nuture elementary and middle school students and give them an opportunity to play in an orchestra throughout the school year to get experience. It is a supplement to the basic instruction the students are getting at their schools and help develop both technical and musical skills that prepare them for continued study at...
Following its much applauded concert at First Presbyterian Church, Santa Monica, the orchestra returns to home-base, Veterans Memorial Auditorium, 4117 Overland Avenue, Culver City, CA 90230. The concert features Andy Park, Viola, Intermediate Division Winner of the Orchestra sponsored Parness Concerto Competition. Frank Fetta is the orchestra conductor and music director. The program presents Ravel's brilliant and lively homage to France. A rarity is the solo viola work by Romanian composer...
Following its much applauded concert at First Presbyterian Church, Santa Monica, the orchestra returns to home-base, Veterans Memorial Auditorium, 4117 Overland Avenue, Culver City. The concert features Andy Park, Viola, Intermediate Division Winner of the Orchestra sponsored Parness Concerto Competition. Frank Fetta is the orchestra conductor and music director. The program presents Ravel’s brilliant and lively homage to France. A rarity is the solo viola work by Romanian composer Georges Enescu. The timeless Symphony No. 7 of Beethoven c...
Legendary folk rock band "America" featuring the highly-talented harmonizing of duo Dewey Bunnell and Gerry Beckley will be making a stop on their tour at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts (CCPA) on February 2. Formed in 1970, their recording success has continued to delight audiences by performing over 100 shows per year. Their anthem is "Horse With No Name," but also are known for "Ventura Highway," "Sister Golden Hair," "Tin Man," "Daisy Jane," "Lonely People," among many other...
There was "love," "passion," "potions," a trumpet and even a real wedding proposal as The Verdi Chorus took the stage for their fall performances this past weekend at the acoustically-sound First United Methodist Church in Santa Monica. This is the chorus' 35th year of showcasing glorious operatic repertoire and continues to be one of the jewels of the Los Angeles opera scene and showed the audience why as they presented two flawless performances. The concerts were in memoriam to Jurate...
The Westside Youth Orchestra (WYO) is presenting a free concert of great symphonic masterworks at 3:15 p.m., Saturday, December 9 at Park Century School in Culver City. WYO Music Director and Conductor Lowell Crystal describes the music in the concert as a celebration of life and the holiday season. The concert opens with Mozart's Symphony No. 31 in D major, K. 297/300a, better known as the Paris Symphony, which Mozart composed in 1778 at the age of 22. This is followed by Holst's, The Planets,...
Five concerts that you don't want to miss are landing at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills and The Rose in Pasadena. On November 17, "Secret Agent Man" Johnny Rivers takes the stage at The Rose. A two-time Grammy Award winner with 17 Gold records, 29 chart hits, and more than 30 million records sold will bring his expansive catalogue of music to share with his adoring fans. In 1964, when the British Invasion was in progress and American rockers were tough to find on the U.S. pop charts, Rivers...
The Verdi Chorus start off their 35th anniversary season with their Fall 2017 concerts entitled “Love’s Passions and Potions” at the acoustically-sound First United Methodist Church in Santa Monica on November 18 and 19. A jewel of the opera scene, they are the only choral group in Southern California that focuses primarily on the dramatic and diverse music for opera chorus. Their Founding Artistic Director/Conductor Anne Marie Ketchum and Julliard-trained piano accompanist Laraine Ann Madde...
Actor Robert Creighton was born to play the part in a staged musical about the life of James Cagney, and that's just what he's doing at the El Portal Theatre in NoHo. Not only is Creighton acting, singing and tap dancing his way through this entertaining production but he also co-wrote the music and lyrics along with Christopher McGovern. Direct from its hit run in New York off-Broadway, "Cagney" is the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award-nominated musical that follows the life of Cagney...
The Culver City Symphony Orchestra opens its 2017-18 Season with a concert, Orchestra on the Move, Sunday, November 5 at 2 pm. The orchestra travels outside of Culver City to First Presbyterian Church, Santa Monica, 1220 2nd Street, between Arizona and Wilshire. There is parking in City Parking Lot No. 2 directly across from the church. The 2017-18 Season opening concert will feature two young pianists from the Orchestra sponsored Parness Concerto Competition: Talon Smith and Allison To, in...
LA-based Pop/RnB singer Malavika's debut single, "Jackpot" isan upbeat and audacious girl power anthem produced by German pop-producer Moritz Braun, with elements of jazz, funk n soul, modern pop, including indian instruments like the “Bhapang” - a tribute to Malavika's Indian heritage. The song will be included on her upcoming EP, released later this year and she also plans on doing a national tour. Citing Michael Jackson, TLC, and En Vogue as her inspirations, Malavika's soaring vocals and perfectly stacked harmonies are going to make her...
Charity Donations Include: My Stuff Bags Foundation (mystuffbags.org); The Harvest Home (theharvesthome.org); and Santa Monica Bay Woman's Club (smbwc.org) Tickets are now on sale for The Lennon Family Legacy Concert, Friday and Saturday, July 21 and 22 at the historic Santa Monica Bay Woman's Club, http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2949315. This year's popular, almost-annual reunion concert of the singing Lennon Family will feature the iconic Lennon Sisters, VENICE the band, (who's very na...
Three concerts that you don't want to miss are landing at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills and The Rose in Pasadena this coming weekend. On July 14 singer/songwriter/musician/actor Chris Isaak makes his debut appearance on the Saban Theatre stage, and this hepcat should fit right in with the retro architecture at this remarkable venue. Isaak’s music magically recaptures the brilliance of the classic Sun sound, while also getting down to the heart and soul of his own deeply rooted musical i...
Summer breezes... an intimate courtyard... free parking... and great music. Escape to Culver City for the 2017 Culver City’s Boulevard Music Summer Festival. Boulevard Music presents six free concerts on Thursday evenings at 7 pm from July 6 through August 10 in the palm-lined courtyard of Culver City City Hall. Curated by producer Gary Mandell of Culver City’ s Boulevard Music, Culver City’ s Boulevard Music Summer Festival offers something for everyone: Country/Bluegrass music from 2016 Grammy nominated Laurie Lewis and the Right Hands (July...
On the first night of two shows at the Hollywood Bowl, Dead & Company had a chemistry that was palpable. As soon as founding Grateful Dead member Bob Weir started singing "Shakedown Street," the first song of the concert, audience members knew that they were in for a treat and a night filled with magic. Two other founding members on drums, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann, got help from John Mayer on lead guitar and vocals, Jeff Chimenti on keyboards, and Oteil Burbridge on bass. I have a...
Two concerts that you don't want to miss are landing at TheRose in Pasadena and the Canyon Club in Agoura Hills in the month of June. On June 16 at The Rose, the esteemed Canadian folk-music legend Gordon Lightfoot, with 50 years in the music business, will be treating his adoring fans to his poetic songwriting and vocal excellence. He resides with some very exclusive company atop the list of all-time greats having recorded 20 albums with five Grammy nominations. His songs, airing regularly for...
